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creep up, and getting on terms with the leader at the 

 last hurdle, they raced home together, Mr. Turner on 

 Britomarte finally winning the Paperchase Cup for 1888-89 

 by two lengths. Mr. Euler on Shamrock was third, thus 

 securing the Heavy Weight Cup presented by Lord 

 William Beresford. Mr. Campbell on Norseman and Mr. 

 Coward on Job Trotter were close up fourth and fifth 

 respectively. The Average Cup has been won by Mr. 

 Acworth on Blackstone, who has ridden in the most 

 consistent manner, 'and has been in the first six in almost 

 every chase. 



Britomarte, the winner of the Cup, is a bay Australian 

 mare under 15 hands and shows a lot of blood. She is a 

 very clean jumper, and is as clever as a cat. From the 

 manner in which she won yesterday it is evident she can 

 stay better than most of her bigger rivals. 



1890. 



Go-o-ne away ! Hark forrard to him my beauties ! 

 Yes, I'm afraid it's the case, and all we're got to do is to 

 ^'hark forrard" to next November at the best pace we 

 can ! Instead of being, as they usually are, the prelude 

 to a clinking burst over the open, these words now are the 

 farewell to the grand runs which we have all been enjoy- 

 ing for the past three months. We all feel a bit sad at 

 the end of the season, for paperchasing and hunting bind 

 men together in a way that no other sport under the sun 

 does. There is a sort of good fellowship created, and a 

 man w-ho is a straight and plucky rider, and who never 

 shirks or funks his fences, be they ever so big, is always 

 sure of a hearty welcome, both in the hunting field and in 

 our paperchase field here in Calcutta. The Cup yesterday 

 morning was as well patronised as these functions always 

 have been. 



The carriage people and the rest of the gallery took up 

 their position at the finish, which was situated on the Bally- 

 gunge Red Road opposite the first railway crossing. The 

 field of starters was rather smaller this year owing to 

 one or two unavoidable circumstances, as, for instance, Jim 

 Turner's loss of '' Weeks, " both Mr. Butler's mares' acci- 

 dents, Mr. Prophit's and Mr. V^rschoyle's absence, Lord 

 William's horse not starting, etc., etc. There were two 



